diff --git a/nodejs/__test__/query.test.ts b/nodejs/__test__/query.test.ts
index c3c6c6e76..1feb1d643 100644
--- a/nodejs/__test__/query.test.ts
+++ b/nodejs/__test__/query.test.ts
@@ -132,6 +132,40 @@ describe("Query outputSchema", () => {
     },
   );
 
+  it.each(["columns", "dynamic", "all"])(
+    "should keep hybrid search working with scoring autoprojection disabled (%s)",
+    async (projection) => {
+      await table.createIndex("text", { config: Index.fts() });
+      const query = () => {
+        const query = table.vectorSearch([1, 2]).fullTextSearch("foo");
+        if (projection === "columns") {
+          query.select(["a"]);
+        } else if (projection === "dynamic") {
+          query.select({ doubled: "a * 2" });
+        }
+        return query;
+      };
+      const expected = await query().toArrow();
+      const results = await query().disableScoringAutoprojection().toArrow();
+
+      const rows = (result: typeof results) =>
+        result.toArray().map((row) => ({
+          a: row.a,
+          doubled: row.doubled,
+          text: row.text,
+          vec: row.vec ? Array.from(row.vec) : undefined,
+          relevance: row._relevance_score,
+        }));
+      expect(results.numRows).toBe(3);
+      expect(rows(results)).toEqual(rows(expected));
+      expect(results.schema.fields.map((field) => field.name)).toEqual(
+        expected.schema.fields
+          .map((field) => field.name)
+          .filter((name) => name !== "_distance" && name !== "_score"),
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
   it("should preserve the scoring option when converting to a vector query", async () => {
     const results = await table
       .query()
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/query.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/query.rs
index c946ad2fe..740a92938 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/query.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/query.rs
@@ -1556,6 +1556,33 @@ impl VectorQuery {
             }
         }
 
+        // Hybrid normalization and reranking still need each leg's score even
+        // when the caller disables scoring autoprojection. Select those scores
+        // internally and strip the injected columns only after fusion.
+        let mut injected_scores = Vec::new();
+        if self.request.base.disable_scoring_autoprojection {
+            if matches!(self.request.base.select, Select::All) {
+                let columns = self
+                    .parent
+                    .schema()
+                    .await?
+                    .fields()
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|field| field.name().clone())
+                    .collect();
+                fts_query.request.select = Select::Columns(columns);
+                vector_query.request.base.select = fts_query.request.select.clone();
+            }
+            for (select, score) in [
+                (&mut fts_query.request.select, SCORE_COL),
+                (&mut vector_query.request.base.select, DIST_COL),
+            ] {
+                if hybrid::add_score_column(select, score) {
+                    injected_scores.push(score);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         vector_query.request.base.full_text_search = None;
         let (fts_results, vec_results) = try_join!(
             fts_query.execute_with_options(internal_options.clone()),
@@ -1625,6 +1652,12 @@ impl VectorQuery {
             Some(pk_fusion) => results = pk_fusion.strip(results)?,
         }
 
+        for score in injected_scores {
+            if results.schema().column_with_name(score).is_some() {
+                results = results.drop_column(score)?;
+            }
+        }
+
         Ok(single_batch_stream(results, max_batch_length))
     }
 
@@ -3590,6 +3623,57 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(texts.contains("cat")); // should be close by vector search
         assert!(texts.contains("b")); // should be close by fts search
 
+        // Scores remain available to normalization and reranking for every
+        // projection form, but do not leak into the opt-in query's output.
+        for select in [
+            Select::All,
+            Select::columns(&["text"]),
+            Select::dynamic(&[("label", "upper(text)")]),
+            Select::expr_projection(&[("label", col("text"))]),
+        ] {
+            for norm in [NormalizeMethod::Rank, NormalizeMethod::Score] {
+                for term in ["b", "z"] {
+                    let query = table
+                        .query()
+                        .full_text_search(FullTextSearchQuery::new(term.to_string()))
+                        .nearest_to(&[-10.0, -10.0])
+                        .unwrap()
+                        .select(select.clone())
+                        .norm(norm.clone())
+                        .with_row_id()
+                        .limit(2);
+                    let expected = query
+                        .execute()
+                        .await
+                        .unwrap()
+                        .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                        .await
+                        .unwrap();
+                    let expected = &expected[0];
+                    let columns = expected
+                        .schema()
+                        .fields()
+                        .iter()
+                        .enumerate()
+                        .filter_map(|(index, field)| {
+                            (!matches!(field.name().as_str(), SCORE_COL | DIST_COL))
+                                .then_some(index)
+                        })
+                        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                    let expected = expected.project(&columns).unwrap();
+                    let actual = query
+                        .disable_scoring_autoprojection()
+                        .execute()
+                        .await
+                        .unwrap()
+                        .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                        .await
+                        .unwrap();
+                    assert_eq!(actual[0], expected);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         // ensure that this works correctly if there are no matching FTS results
         let fts_query = FullTextSearchQuery::new("z".to_string());
         table
diff --git a/rust/lancedb/src/query/hybrid.rs b/rust/lancedb/src/query/hybrid.rs
index 35c64d4a9..ba94f0ebb 100644
--- a/rust/lancedb/src/query/hybrid.rs
+++ b/rust/lancedb/src/query/hybrid.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,36 @@ use lance_index::{scalar::inverted::SCORE_COL, vector::DIST_COL};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
+use crate::query::Select;
+
+/// Include a leg's score in its internal projection, recording whether it was
+/// injected so it can be removed after reranking.
+///
+/// The caller expands `Select::All` before adding scoring columns.
+pub(super) fn add_score_column(select: &mut Select, score: &str) -> bool {
+    match select {
+        Select::All => unreachable!("hybrid score projection requires explicit columns"),
+        Select::Columns(columns) => {
+            if columns.iter().any(|name| name == score) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            columns.push(score.to_string());
+        }
+        Select::Dynamic(columns) => {
+            if columns.iter().any(|(name, _)| name == score) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            columns.push((score.to_string(), score.to_string()));
+        }
+        Select::Expr(columns) => {
+            if columns.iter().any(|(name, _)| name == score) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            columns.push((score.to_string(), crate::expr::col(score)));
+        }
+    }
+    true
+}
 
 /// Converts results's score column to a rank.
 ///